Krika: Hello again guys. Welcome back to Persona ?: Universal. This will begin right where we left off. And some of you who read the first chapter were thinking "Where the hell is Igor and the person who's with him? Where's the Velvet Room?". Well don't you worry. We'll get to that in this chapter.

"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light" - George Washington


I have no idea what's happening...or even why...but who gives a damn?! I got the power to fight this guy now! "Alright...your move, fat freak!" I said, grinning a bit.

The pig man tossed Kaguya aside, pissing me off even more, "I don't know what sort of trick this is...but you're going to regret standing in my way!"

I grinned as Ryujin, my Persona, a power I would soon learn more about, flew past me and engaged the monster, "Hey, I'll gladly stand in the way of scum like you! So you better be ready, 'cause I'm going to take out the literally ugly truth of yourself!"

Ryujin held his sword at his hip and quickly sliced at the porker, making him squeal in pain like the pig he is, and then I noticed the rain started to slowly move again as Ryujin continued to fight.

"Okay, okay. This can work!" I said, somehow knowing how my Persona works in terms of combat. "Let's try this out!"

Ryujin held his sword up before water wrapped around it, making it appear like a giant blade of water before swinging it down on the monster, dealing a lot more damage than before. And that strike started to lessen the weird distortion that was happening around me and Kaguya. "Damned brat! I'll kill you!" The pig monster said, trying to lunge at me, but Ryujin appeared in front of him and sliced down the middle, making him stop and the pervert clutched his head and screamed in pain as the monster dissolved into a weird black and red goo before that disappeared and the man collapsed unconscious. It was also at this moment that Ryujin disappeared as well, and I felt faint and fell, but I felt someone catch me, followed by the feeling of rain on me. I looked up and saw Kaguya, tears in her eyes...but she was smiling.

"Thank god you're okay! But I shouldn't expect anything less from my hero!" she said, hugging me tightly.

I smiled a bit and wrapped my arms around her, making sure to grab her umbrella so we wouldn't get anymore wet, "Hey...I'll always be there for you. If anyone is causing you trouble, you call me, okay?"

"Well, I don't want to rely on you. Maybe I should take those martial arts classes that you're taking. Just so I can better defend myself," Kaguya said and we separated from the hug.

I laugh a bit before my phone rang and I checked it, having received a text from an unknown number and I opened it, the guy's face showing up as a picture and his info showed up, "Shinra Sakamoto...multiple counts of sexual assault towards young women...this guy has a criminal record, huh...? But this doesn't explain shit about what the hell all that creepy stuff! Not even that thing I called out to help me fight!" I said in frustration and confusion.

"Well...whatever happened, let's keep it between us or something. I think everyone would call us insane for telling them what happened. But we'll figure this out together," Kaguya said to me.

I nodded and called the cops, who then took the pervert away, after that, me and Kaguya went back home to recover from what happened. After I got home, I decided to head up to my room and plop down onto my bed, staring up at the ceiling before I somehow managed to fall asleep, not knowing the weird dream I was about to have...


I found myself in a blue chair in a room with an equal shade of blue, but what was weird was that the room was covered in a totally thick fog, and I could barely see a foot in front of me. "Where the hell...am I?"

"Welcome...to the Velvet Room," a man's voice said, snapping my attention to a creepy old dude with a ridiculously long nose, "You are in a place that exists between dream and reality, mind and matter. And only those who have signed a contract may enter this place"

"Um...and you are...?" I said, confused of who this person was.

"I am Igor, and the young man behind you is Mikado, a resident of this place such as me," Igor said, making me look behind me and see a guy looking no older than me with platinum blonde hair that was a bit unruly and sharp, yellow eyes. He wore an outfit that made him look like a butler, with it being blue, black and gold in color.

"A pleasure to meet you," Mikado said, bowing a little.

"Uh...hi. Anyway, what are you talking about? What contract?" I asked Igor.

"When you received a mysterious call, you answered it with no hesitation. That was when you made your contract. Mikado?" Igor explained, and looked at his assitant, who pulled out a blue phone and my phone rang and I checked it and I got a text from him, and I opened it to see the Fool Tarot Card.

"A...Tarot Card?" I said in confusion.

"It is the Fool Arcana, otherwise known as the Wild Card. Your Arcana. Just like the number zero, it's full of infinite possibilities," Mikado explained, moving to stand next to Igor, "As are you, Kamui Tatsumi"

"You have awakened a newfound power in yourself, and it is called Persona. It is the other you, a mask that you wear to protect yourself from the harsh world of society," Igor explained to me.

"Ryujin...so that's what that thing was? A Persona?" I asked.

"Yes. Born from your Arcana. It is your Persona, and yours alone," Mikado said.

"My Persona..." I said, thinking back to what I did with Ryujin.

"Fitting since Ryujin, god of the sea, has been known to have a bit of a temper. Such as with the legend of how the jellyfish came to be with no bones," Mikado bluntly said.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!" I said in anger.

"But he also has a caring side. As shown when you protected your friend," Mikado added, making me chill out almost instantly.

"Well...Kaguya is close to me. The only friend I have in school to be honest. She...well, she's the only one I really opened up to about my little sister," I said to him.

"And she is a close bond. And allowed you to immediately gain another Arcana ahead of time," Mikado mentioned.

"Another Arcana? Which one?" I asked, and I got my answer when I received another text from him and another Tarot card appeared.

"The Lovers Arcana. Fitting for how upbeat and caring she can be. Continue making bonds and you can gain more Arcana," Mikado explained.

"Yeah...but what's the point if I already have Ryujin?" I asked.

"As the Wild Card of this world, you're capable of wielding more than one Persona. It's a power that gifted people like you are capable of," Igor explained.

"Wait...'this world'? What do you mean?" I asked, confused at that statement.

"There exist many worlds, filled with Persona Users such as yourself. And each one has one Wild Card each. But there are also multiple versions of you, possibly even different personalities than you. But enough about that. We must now explain to what you experienced recently," Mikado said.

"You mean...that freaky pig monster? Was that a Persona or something?" I asked.

"No. It's called a Shadow, a being created from the deepest, negative emotions of a human. Personas are similar to Shadows, but they're the inner selves of those that are tamed and controlled. But the change of the world around you that you witnessed is what happens when you confront someone consumed by the darkness within themselves. Lesser Shadows can appear as well in this state as well," Igor explained.

"I see...so that thing was the inner self of that perv. So there are more people like this?" I asked.

"Of course. Though oddly enough it's focused in Japan. Same goes for the other worlds," Mikado said.

"That's...odd...guess because of how superstitious it is?" I said, not getting at all as to why Japan was the main focus of this.

"No clue. But now you currently have the power to seek the truth. How you use the power is up to you entirely," Mikado said.

"Understood," I said, nodding.

"Now I believe our time is up here, but do be careful about what goes on in your world," Igor said and a blue key floated in front of me, "But take this. This will allow you to continue to enter this place. Don't lose it"

I grabbed it and put it in my pocket, the room beginning to fade away as I began to wake up.


I found myself back in my room again, and I sighed and looked at my phone, and of course the Arcanas didn't show up, "Guess it was a weird dream. But actually real. But now...I have a lot more questions than answers now..."


Krika: I know this chapter was pretty short compared to the last one. But don't worry, more will be coming soon! I assure you. In fact...next chapter will involve Kaguya being in the spotlight! Stay tuned!